Drying apparatus



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UNITED STATES 1,630,652 PATENT OFFICE.

MARTHA E. BUSSLER, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

DRYING APPARATUS.

Application filed May 17, 1926. Serial No. 109,697.

' other like products;

, drying chamber and made up with corner uprigh A further object of my invention is to provide a drying apparatus 'of the character described, which affords facilities for utilizing a relatively large percentage of a given amount of heat-in the drying of articles placed within the drying chamber.

A still further object is the-provision of a drying apparatus embodying conveniently movable means for supporting the articles to be dried within the drying chamber, so that such articles may be easily and quickly placed therein and removed therefrom 'as well as shifted from one place to another within the chamber.

With the, foregoing and other objects my present invention resides in the apparatus to be now described, with respect to the accompanying drawings, which form a part' of this specification, and in' which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved drying apparatus;

Figure 2 is a horizontal section taken therethrough I Y Fi re 3 is a vertical longitudinal section taken therethrough, and,

Figure 4 is a partial vertical transversesyectioi taken substantially on line 4-4 of Referring now to these figures my invention proposes a drying apparatuswhich includes a box-like casing, forming therein a of a series of walls including "a rear. wall 10, a base 11, side walls 12 and 13, a top hinged front doois 15, .These several walls and doors are securely fixed in.connection ts 16, having portions thereof dependlng below the bottom wall or base 11 so as to form supporting feet 17, adapted to hold the box-like casing in elevated osition above.- the floor or support upon w ich the casing rests.

drying air wall 14, and I The bottom wall or base 11 has at one side an air inlet opening 18 and the volume of air passing into the lower portion of the drying chamber through this opening is controlled by a flat valve plate 19 arranged against the lower surface of the base 11, with its handle in the form of a rod 20, adjustable through apertured depending lugs 21 of the base. At the relatively opposite side of the casing the top wall 14 has an outlet opening 22 into a stack 23.

Within the drying chamber and in the lower portion thereof extending from one side wall 13 partially across the drying chamber 24, is a baflle plate 25 immediately above the air intake 18 and in the upper 7 portion of the, chamber 24 a somewhat similar baffle plate 26 is oppositely disposed and extends partially across the chamber from the side wall 12 immediately below the outlet opening 22 so that these two bafile plates 25 and 26 thus prevent direct passage of air between the air inlet 18' and the, air outlet 22.

At vertically spaced points along the inner surfaces of the side walls 12 and 13 are secured brackets 27, each of which brackets terminates in an inner upturned edge 28 having therealong a series of recesses adapted to receive the ends of article hangers, these hangers being preferably in the nature of elongated tubes 29, whose ends are spaced from the walls 12 and 13 so as to permit-the to pass through them. These tubular article hangers are freely shiftable among the various recesses of the hanger brackets and since they simply seat of their own weight in the bracket recesses, they may be'easily and quickly placed in and remove fromithe drying chamber, and just as easily and quickly shifted therein from one position to another as from the upper to the lower brackets, and vice versa.

the relatively opposite side of the chamber,

a foraminous or reticulate protecting wall 30 is extended; forming in one lower side portion of the-drying chamber 24 a compartment 31, having a heater 32 and a fan 33. The heater 32 may be of any suitable character, having as its source of heat oil,

gas, or other combustible material or heating medium. It is obvious that in operation with the goods disposed upon the tubu-v lar hangers 29 and the lower valve 19 open,

the air passing upwardly into the drying chamber and deflected across the heater by the baflle plate 25, will rise with the heat, and the heated air will then be blown through the foraminous or reticulate wall and upwardly, through the articles to be dried, by the fan 33, the moisture laden air finally passing upwardly and out through the outlet opening 22 and stack 23.

By virtue of ease and facility with which the drying chamber may be loaded and unloaded and the goods shifted from place to place therein, I have found the apparatus constructed as shown and described to be especially efiective in the quick and complete drying of articles of clothing and cloth and textiles of various characters.

I claim:

1. A drier including a box-like casing having a lower air inlet and an upper air outlet, and having bafiles extending partly thereacross adjacent to the inlet and outlet preventing direct passage of air there-' between, a heater and blower within the casing at one side, a series of article hangers between the inlet and outlet, and a reticulate wall defining in the casing a compartment in which said heater and blower are disposed.

2. A drying apparatus including a boxlike casing having a lower air inlet and an upper air outlet, and having baflle plates extending in relatively opposite direction within and partly across the casing adjacent to the said inlet and outlet, :1 reticulate wall inclined within the casing between the free ed e of the lower baffle plate and the relative y opposite side of the casing, and forming a compartment at one lower side of the casing, a heater and a blower within said compartment, and a series of article hangers in the casing betwecnthe upper and lower bafiie plates.

3. In a drying apparatus of the character described, including a box-like casing having an internal source of heat, brackets within and along opposite sides of the easing having inner upstanding edges provided with a series of recesses therealong, and article hangers including a series of elongated members, the ends of which are adapted to loosely and removably seat within the recesses of the brackets in spaced relation to the walls of the casing, said elongated hangers being of hollow construction throu hout permitting the passage of heat theret rough. I

, MARTHA E. BUSSLER. 

